Ashley Horner a Fraud ?

MeHereYouWhere?! wrote:

I just saw the post on her and decided to take a look at her IG.

About her doing the AT. In it, she replies to someone with:

"I really hope so tho. I’ll be aiming over 40 miles a day for 50+ days so... that’s a lot for little legs"

So about the same amount of time as:

- Harvey Lewis, winner of Badwater who's done 155 miles in 24 hours and 242 miles in 2.5 days at Big Backyard

- Scott Jurek, greatest ultrarunner ever

- Karl Meltzer, winner of most 100 mile races ever who took several tries to complete the AT

all of whom did it supported.

But she can accomplish amazing feats when unobserved, so maybe she'll do it.

If she meant to say "unsupported" it's only because she doesn't know what it means. AT unsupported isn't even possible.

what in the white blazes? wrote:

But she can accomplish amazing feats when unobserved, so maybe she'll do it.

But she won't. Because we will observe her.

Someone please comment on her IG and say "You have some issues. You have NO chance of 40 miles per day on the AT. What in your training and background makes you think this is possible? Have you ever trained on technical trail and elevation? You must have fools giving you advice and/or are to vein to realize this isn't realistic"

(I'm sure you'll get blocked within minutes)

Yea, exactly.

She should go hike/run 40 miles in a day on the AT with a pack on and then get back to us.

Not A Therapist.. wrote:

Where does she get the money to do things like train all day and take (presumably) a few months to do the AT plus you know the logistics behind that...and doesn't she have a kid?

I'm guessing her husband is some kind of special forces (probably a SEAL).

She also owns a coffee shop, which is moderately popular. I assume she gets money from that + all the crap she sells on her website + sponsorships + a spouse?, though I've never seen one mentioned On her website she state "Ashley is currently sponsored by Reebok, Kaged Muscle, RockTape, SteadyMD, BEYOND, and PowerDot. " One or some of these must be paying far more than her worth in the off chance she does something that will garner social media attention.

Is she married? There is zero mention of a spouse or even so in any of her posts. Who is watching the kids when she is away from home trying nutty stuff like 200 mile runs?

Robots, like that S.C. Governor who was with his mistress in Argentina or something, think you can say you’re on the AT & vacate all earthly accountability & common sense. Because it’s, like, wilderness or the Banned Zone in Planet of the Apes or whatever. “Unsupported” robots, of course.

A bunch of exercise enthusiasts complaining about another exercise enthusiast. Nerds

I'm in my 40's. How and why are people getting away with things like this? Are they not monitored/followed? 40 miles a day??? How??? What's her background to pull that off, even going super slow? In the videos in looks like she's running 5 hour pace for a marathon, if that. How does 40 miles work?

pleasee wrote:

A bunch of exercise enthusiasts complaining about another exercise enthusiast. Nerds

Hi Ashley (or one of her devoted yet moronic followers)!!!

The first landing state park trails where Horner trains are not technical or hilly at all. There are bike trails on the hampton roads penninsula that are at least a little technical. As someone from va beach, who spent a lot of time on the AT in college, I can tell you Horner is not prepared to do more than through hike the AT. I think she could get through it self supported, but not with a 40 miles a day goal. I was in much better shape than Horner is now when I moved out to a hilly part of VA for 6 years and even non technical trails (other than those are flat) kicked my butt at first, for several months. The areas where she trains are truly pancake flat.

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jesseriley wrote:

Robots, like that S.C. Governor who was with his mistress in Argentina or something, think you can say you’re on the AT & vacate all earthly accountability & common sense. Because it’s, like, wilderness or the Banned Zone in Planet of the Apes or whatever. “Unsupported” robots, of course.

Jesse take your dementia meds

Just looked at her IG again...A few days ago (?) she posted a pic of her running in the snow (who knows when or where this is from...) in basically a long sleeve shirt and typical female exercise tights.

If you closely at the pic, her hair is perfect, her makeup perfect, she has no gloves on...

No redness on her face from the cold, not a bit of snow on her. It looks totally fake and staged.

My bet is she and her professional photographer drove somewhere, she jumped out of the car, had them take a few "action" shots and she jumped right back in the car.

Her followers think she is the ultimate "bad@ss".

Love how "Randmart37" calls her out repeatedly, yet she never responds. Heck, he even calls out her followers to present some evidence of all of these marathons she's done. Hahahahha. That person must be some one on these boards and on this thread!

Sancreed wrote:

ashley.horner

Do it for the children ...... if you just pause, regroup, reach down deep inside yourself and think of the children,

#womanofiron

Sure sounds a lot like a certain fellow named robert young.

It's for the kids, man. Don't question it!

" I do not stop no matter what happens. I am not a quitter, the job I have on and off the playing field is demanding- and when the weather get tough and the storm comes I buckle down. I have to let go of the emotions, and just because ‘I don’t feel like it’ doesn’t mean I have a day off. Have there been times I want to quit? Absolutely.. but I remember my why, and I trek onward." - Ashley Horner

Just found this...Ashley preparing for the 2018 Boston Marathon. Of course, her name does NOT appear in the finisher result.

Well, except at Boston (if she actually was there)...and her 50 in 50 Ironman attempt...and who knows what else...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dys4M3A_by4

OK, this is hilarious. Because at 1:04 into the vid she says she's almost halfway and "the sun is definitely getting ready to set". She says she's going 8:40 pace. So let's say with 9.5mi to go at @ 8:40 (generous since she'd surely slow down with all that whining) = 1 hour and 20 minutes left before she finishes. Cut to the end...bright blue skies with not a hint of sunset (or what would be sundown at that point).

Not A Therapist... wrote:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dys4M3A_by4

Hey Slowtwitch, take your witch hunt back to your own yard. Adios amigos.